A woman confronting men is a proper subject, it is inexhaustible.

Laying tracks gives you freedom without being too obvious.

On their own, each [character] is a victim of no importance. But when you bring them together, they become a dangerous weapon. Jeanne is the vowel and Sophie the consonant. Psychologists know this phenomenon well. Each individual is harmless, but together they create an explosive chemical reaction. It's like Bonnie and Clyde, like Thelma and Louise.

You make a film to distract people, to interest them, perhaps to make them think, perhaps to help them be a little less naive, a little better than they were.

I'm not wild about hand-held shots.

I like to have the screen full of color, twenty colors on the screen at once, fifty colors. There are no dominants despite what people have said.

I like making black and white films in natural surroundings, but I much prefer shooting a color film inside a studio where the colors are easier to control.